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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS JSJ

August 30, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 2003, 9:03 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 30, 2003, 9:03 PM CDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 2003, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 310204
FFWSJU
PRC003-005-310500-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1003 PM AST SAT AUG 30 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     AGUADILLA
     AGUADA

* UNTIL 100 AM AST

* AT 955 PM AST...USGS RIVER GAGES IN AGUADA INDICATE THAT THE RIO 
CULEBRINAS IS RISING RAPIDLY AND APPROACHING FLOOD STAGE. DUE TO 
EARLIER HEAVY RAINS AND RAINFALL ACCUMULATION IN THE AFTERNOON AND 
LATE EVENING...THE RIVER CONTINUES TO RISE RAPIDLY.

  THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES WITHIN
  THE WARNING AREA.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS
BEEN REPORTED. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND AND TAKE THE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS SHOULD FLOOD WATERS AFFECT YOUR AREA. MOTORISTS AND
PEDESTRIANS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS AND AREAS...AS
YOU AND YOUR VEHICLE MIGHT BE SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS. PERSONS IN
LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM
LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 310503
FFSSJU
PRC003-005-310600-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
100 AM AST SUN AUG 31 2003

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING
MUNICIPALITIES

IN PUERTO RICO
     AGUADILLA AND AGUADA

AT 1257 AM...RIVER LEVEL SENSORS INDICATED THAT THE RIO CULEBRINAS 
HAS BEGUN A SLOW FALL. ALSO...CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED THAT THERE WAS 
NO FLOODING OCCURRING. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN 
DISCONTINUED.

ALTHOUGH FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER EXISTS YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO 
REMAIN ALERT FOR HIGH STREAM OR RIVER LEVELS...AS RIVERS STILL 
CONTINUE HIGH IN THE AREA.

$$

DG

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.